Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes back against becoming a dumping ground for foreign trash.
About 250 containers seized across the archipelago in recent months have already been returned and authorities are inspecting more than 1,000 others. Among them, 49 containers of waste seized on Batam Island near Singapore have been shipped back to the United States, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Australia, said agency spokesman Deni Surjantoro.
The shipments were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules. Can Nigeria replicate this war against waste?
